Community Health Center

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Health Center provides free or low-cost care to uninsured and underinsured eligible individuals living in Mercer and Middlesex counties.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Health Center is located in a spacious suite within Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, next to the entrance to the Medical Arts Pavilion. It offers 21 exam rooms and has nearly 31,000 patient visits per year.

Leading donors to the clinic at Princeton Medical Center include; Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc., Community Foundation of New Jersey, Novo Nordisk, Inc., Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Johnson & Johnson Community Health Fund and The Scheide Fund.

Types of Care

A comprehensive array of services is available; including primary care and specialty care visits for routine well and sick visits, and complex care coordination for high-risk patients with multiple chronic medical conditions.

Services provided by the Community Health Center include:

Well care and preventative care

Sick care and acute care visits

Emergency Department follow-up visits

Pediatric, adult medical, OB/GYN, and other specialty clinics

Referrals for outpatient diagnostics, imaging, laboratory and additional support services

Ongoing care for chronic conditions such as management of asthma, weight issues and diabetes

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance for the cost of services received at the Community Health Center is available to eligible individuals. A Community Health Center representative will walk you through the application process and requirements to receive financial assistance. Generally, individuals who are determined to be uninsured are eligible to receive financial assistance for all or part of the costs of the care and service they receive at the Community Health Center.

Services may be provided free of charge to those who qualify for the New Jersey Hospital Care Payment Assistance Program (Charity Care Assistance). Other individuals may be eligible for Medicare, Medicaid or Medicaid Managed Care.

Transportation

Several bus routes provide service to PMC via New Jersey Transit (NJT) 600 Middlesex County Area Transit (MCAT) M6. You can make connections at various locations throughout the area.

For those without means of transportation that live within a half mile of the old hospital location on Witherspoon Street, the clinic provides free transportation to the Princeton Medical Center for clinic appointments.